Network with Technical University of Maputo (UDM) - Mozambique
On this opportunity, Dr. Amaral introduced Dr. Rui da Maia, director of Disaster Risk Management at UDM bringing experiences together to future collaborations. Also, the Dr. José Maria Langa - professor at UDM - was presented by Dr. Amaral. Together, the two Mozambican researchers led the creation of the Environmental Observatory for Climate Change - the ObservA, which seeks to bring the climate change theme to the local community of Mozambique, through participatory methodologies and the focus on citizen science as a community involvement strategy to respond to the effects of the climatic extreme events.
The the researchers' meeting established the synergies for connecting the LabC-Ulagos in Chile with ObservA in Mozambique.